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Year11 Parents’ Information Evening
Tonight’s Aims For you to leave with a better understanding of:
• Careers
• Past performance
• Student Support, Care & Guidance
• Key Stage 3 Ethos
• Assessment, Recording & Reporting (ARR)
• Rewards & Recognition
Welcome to • Assistant Head - Rea Mitchell
• Head of Chemistry - Matt Atkinson
• Head of Psychology - Sandra Radford
• Deputy Director of Drama - Kathryn Moore
• Teacher of Geography - Brigid Eades
• Teacher of English - Oliver Ellsworth
• Teacher of English - Annabel Daniels
• Teacher of Physics - Krystina Turnbull
• Performance Coordinator - Charlotte White
• ICT SCITT trainee teacher - Jamie Sumsion
Results overview
• Over three-quarters of A Level grades A*-B
• Best ever year across GCSE, AS and A2
• Top 10 comprehensive schools in England for both GCSE and A Level Daily Telegraph
• 1st in Surrey for attainment
• Almost 9 out of 10 students go on to top ‘red brick’ universities
85 87 87
91 89
93
86 86
91
15 16
21
24
38
50
56
62 61 60
56
64
59
0
10
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100
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Perc
enta
ge
Year 11 GCSE Headlines
Gordon's 5+A*-C (inc. EM) National Ebacc Gordon's Ebacc
40
59
52
64
46 47
56
65 62
83
72
81
70 66
75
86
23
35
27
40
22 23
33
38
0
10
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40
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100
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Per
cen
tage
Year 12 AS Level Grades
% A-B % A-C % A
70
75
79
60
63
76
88 90
92
85 85
93
41 42
52
28 31
41
0
10
20
30
40
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2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Pe
rce
nta
ge
Year 13 A Level Grades
% A*-B % A*-C % A*-A
- - - - - - - - National A*-B
More than just good exam results
Real Schools Guide 2015 Best state school in Surrey
25 different measures, including value-added, destinations, attendance, teacher-student ratios
Enrichment
The Arts
Academic Enrichment
Volunteering/service e.g. student councils
Sport
Wider participation
ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT (see Miss Pierce, Assistant Head)
• SUBJECT-BASED OPPORTUNITIES
• PERIOD SEVEN OPTIONS – Career-Industry Talks
– Camel School Magazine
– Chess
– Latin
– Mandarin (existing students only)
– French Club
– Spanish Club (Y9 only)
– Science Club
– Problem solving
– Places of Interest
Committing to these P7 activities and subject-based activities makes students better equipped for top universities, higher apprenticeships and the best jobs.
The Honours Programme
• Booklets on the website
The Honours Programme • New diary and planner layout
Celebration
Rewards and Recognition
Key Stage 3 Key Stage 4
Praise
Teacher
Praise
Teacher
Good comment in diary
Teacher
Good comment in diary
Teacher
Honours stamp
Teacher/HoH
Honours stamp
Teacher/HoH
Commendation Letter home
HT (good report)
Commendation Letter home
HT (good report)
Postcard sent home HoH/HoD Postcard sent home HoH/HoD
Certificate/letter home
HT (Full page diary stamps in term)
Certificate/letter home
HT Full page diary stamps in term
Junior Colours (badge) EOT Assembly
HoD (Sport, Art, Music, Drama)
Full Colours (tie) EOT Assembly
HoD (PE, Art, Music, Drama)
Expectations
ABC
• Attendance and punctuality
– Lessons
– Prep
– Fixtures
• Behaviour
• Commitment
– To give one’s best
– Representing the school
Student Progress & Curriculum Tony Bodell, Deputy Head Curriculum
Exam Analysis GCSE
• Progress
• The best ‘progress’ since records began….
• Well, since 2009 anyway…
Year
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Prog.
1020
1018
1014
1006
1009
1020 1032
Estimated to be in the top
10% nationally
Exam Analysis AS level
Progress
Progress equivalent to the top 2% nationally
Progress equivalent to the top 8% nationally
Sixth Form entrance criteria
Exam Analysis A level
Progress
Progress equivalent to the top 7% nationally
Progress equivalent to the top 20% nationally
The Key Stage 4 Ethos
Achievement
Work Ethic
Securing the future
Balance
School
Student Home
Helping students
realise their
potential Learning
Student Support,
Care & Guidance
What level
am I
working at?
How do
I know?
What are my
next steps?
The fundamental learning process at Gordon’s
Assessment
events
Clear, specific targets
related to students’ work
School
‘Position’
Statement
GCSE Target Grades
GCSE
Grades
National Curriculum level at the end of Year 6
A
B
C
D
Represents
‘average’
student
performance
Represents top
10% student
performance
School About half of
Gordon’s students
achieve their
target grades
High quality teaching and learning
- Lesson observations, student voice, data analysis
Regular ‘next steps’ advice in lessons
- Tri weekly feedback & half termly ‘Key Assessments’
Department reviews
- Triennial
Work sampling
- Students’ books/ folders audited
School
Prep
- Weekly ‘mini audits’.
- Prep Timetable ‘on trial’.
- Supervised Prep runs 6pm to 7.30pm (Mon – Thur)
- Prep runs on Friday 6pm – 7pm in the library
Assessment, Recording & Reporting (ARR)
Gordon’s ARR Philosophy
- Little & Often (Every half term)
- Conversation is better than written dialogue
- Teacher’s judgement is valued
School
School
Each half term there is a progress report sent home including: • Target Grade • Working Grade (except first half term) • Effort Grade • Competency # as a form of ‘next steps’ • International Student Reports – Narrative
(March 2016)
Reporting
Target
Grade
A statistically generated GCSE grade that
is personal to each student and subject.
Working
Grade
The GCSE grade that a student is
currently working at.
Effort
Grade
The grade that reflects how hard a student
is working. It is not a reflection of academic
ability or performance.
• Effort Grades 2015 – 16
1 = Outstanding
2 = Very Good
3 = Good but occasionally inconsistent
4 = Cause for concern
5 = Unacceptable
School
Typical Effort grade profile
Top 25% = Below 1.6
Middle 50% = 1.5 to 2.0
Bottom 25% = Above 2.0
AS Results 2015
Student GCSE Pts AS Target Grades AS Grades
1 5.8 B/C ABBC
2 5.9 B/C DEEU
3 7.3 A/B AAAA
4 7.4 A/B ACCD
School
GCSE Pts
A* = 8, A = 7, B = 6, C = 5
1.5
1
3.2
2.5
Average Effort Grade
Effort Grades 1 - 5
Changing Educational Landscape
• Year 11 Mock Exams - w/b Monday 19th November for a fortnight • Year 11 Mock Exam Result day - Thursday 10th December • Year 11 Parents’ Evening - Monday 11th January • Year 11 Targeted Parents’ Evening - Monday 21st March • Easter Holiday – Revision Clinics • GCSE Exams begin - Monday 9th May to Friday 24th June
School Year 11 Important dates
Student
Determination Organisation
Attention to detail Presentation of Work
Oracy Contribution
Prep Group Work
Independence Written
Communication
Critical & Creative thinking Focus
Key Competencies
Boys!!!
• There is no ‘magic dust’ at Gordon’s
• Those students who achieve great grades:
- work very hard
- are resilient
- have 100% attendance
- do the ‘simple things well’
- make sacrifices
- spend the right amount of time on prep.
Student
• Some ‘case studies’
- University places and GCSE results
- Sacrificing part time work
- Sacrificing a hobby
- Attend prep, for 90 minutes, every night
• Gordon’s is full of healthy distractions but, given we deliver such an academic Curriculum and students are assessed
predominantly at the end of Year 11, at some point they do become just that.
Student
Literacy • A life skill eg Oracy • Too often a limiting factor of student achievement • Insist on 30 minutes private reading on most days • Listen to the student reading for 10 minutes per day • Challenge the student to write about something they are
passionate about & give them feedback (mark it) • Spelling Tests. Use a dictionary to mark it.
Home
Home
• Check exercise books for quality of work and marking.
• Regularly discuss school and specific subjects.
• Ensure students spend 45 minutes/subject/night on prep.
• Reward/ sanction consistently and regularly (accountability)
• Discuss Sixth Form entrance criteria
• Think ahead to GCSES/ career aspirations including University and/ or employment. www.ucas.co.uk
Summary
Some final suggestions
• Students must have a good work ethic – grade 3s should be addressed
• Make them accountable for the effort profile in their report
• Make them stay for prep
• Make them stay 90 minutes for prep and read if necessary
• Make them read at home
Careers & Work-related learning Harriet Phillips
Year 11 • PSHE lessons
– CV writing – Interview technique – Next steps after GCSE
• Student world “study abroad” roadshow: Wednesday 7th October
• Surrey Opportunities Fair: Tuesday 13th October (by invitation)
• Career Industry Talks • Improved use of Twitter and Facebook to communicate
careers issues and news: look out for announcements
Autumn Timetable
All the following talks will take place from 3.50-4.50pm:
• Tuesday 15th September - A career in the space industry
• Tuesday 29th September – TBC
• Tuesday 13th October – A career in healthcare
• Tuesday 11th November - A career in the environment and sustainability industry
• Tuesday 24th November - A career in the art and design industry
• Tuesday 8th December - A career in the performing arts industry
Careers Industry Talks
Balance
• Modern ideas Traditional values
• Challenge Support
• Academic Non-academic
• Affability Intensity
